Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Section 62(5) RP Act Which Denies Prisoners Right To Vote
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no person shall vote at any election if he is confined in a prison or is in the lawful custody of the police the provision was reasonable, in public interest, and there was no arbitrariness or discrimination involved depriving under-trials, whose innocence or guilt has not been conclusively determin
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- no person shall vote at any election if he is confined in a prison or is in the lawful custody of the police
- the provision was reasonable, in public interest, and there was no arbitrariness or discrimination involved
- depriving under-trials, whose innocence or guilt has not been conclusively determined, of their right to vote
- those detained in civil prison were deprived of their right to vote
- the right to vote was a constitutional right under Article 326 of the Constitution
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